Good morning. Today’s letter includes a “gay panic”-inducing music video that Glossier sponsored, lots of Hamptons hotel drama, and the Connecticut spa where celebrities are getting their face lifts. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, consider subscribing.
NEWS:
Keith McNally might be opening a spot in LA. The girls can have steak frites before going to Jumbo’s. You all know how I feel about LA and its lack of charm. What I love so much about Keith’s restaurants is the lived-in-ness about the booths and the walls and the flatware. I like that when I eat at Balthazar alone it feels like I’m the Queen of England (free drinks, someone picked up my check twice). I just don’t know if that sort of thing happens in Los Angeles without the expectation of reciprocity.
Craig Dubitsky, the founder of EOS, started an instant coffee company. I can still feel the click of the EOS lip balm packaging, so he did a good job there. People are mad about Happy Coffee’s sterile design. Other people are bullish about the brand being on Target shelves already. I just miss the days of drinking Tazo instant chai tea lattes before I knew how much sugar was in them.